Researchers also say more sampling is needed. Almost 50 herds of dairy cattle across 9 US states have had confirmed cases of H5N1, and one infected person has been linked to the outbreak. But the actual numbers are probably much higher, scientists say. “There’s almost certainly been a lot more human cases than just the one,” says Peacock.
I had the “swine flu” too. I’ve had covid twice, and on the surface* I’d rather have covid any day vs that flu again. 4-5 of serious body and joint pains, many days of fever, severe fatigue, headache, cough…and then it hits your lungs. It took months for my lungs to recover and the cought to finally go away. I can’t remember the last time I felt so bad for so long. And yeah, I did get the flu shot, unfortunately that year they didn’t get the H1N1 in the shot by the time it was released.
*yeah, covid has the potential for far worse problems, and no, I wouldn’t really rather risk that than the H1N1, just that my personal covid symptoms were nothing compared to the flu.